Mary Jane

Such a cute mini lunch box!
It was hidden under ONE rock.

I went geocaching twice today! Once with hubby (CatsEye55) after we took mail to, Linda, the lady who used to own our house. (We still get her mail.)  And, then back again after lunch while hubby read his Wall Street Journal.  He doesn't enjoy the micros very much, so I go after those on my own.

After taking Linda her mail, we found Mary Jane after almost giving up. It is a "rock pile" cache. The instructions said to only move one rock...but that is for when you FIND the cache.  Before that, the entire parking lot of rocks is game for a turn over!  We had given up and gotten back into the air conditioned car because the hot sun in 93 degrees was getting to us. Then, I said, "It has to be here somewhere!"

I followed my GPS and walked straight to it.  The cache was so cute, I decided to make it a favorite even though I do not usually like rock caches. We were able to add some favorite SWAG of ours including our personalized Buffalo Dollar wooden coins.



Isn't this cute?  I ordered 150 of them, so the local
Geocachers should start picking them up soon.
I also sent some to my sister, Sandy,
(Zeestarcaching) in Tampa, Fl.

I found some others including some new caches by Fork L. Man whom I hope to meet someday.

Take Care on the Geocaching Trail,
~Linda (Starcatcher55)

email: bestnurse@usa.com

Remembering Buster - A new Geocache by Starcatcher55

Buster

Since my sister's beautiful Siamese cat, Buster, passed away last month, I've been promising to place a Geocache here in Colorado in his honor.  It took me longer than I thought.

First, there are SO MANY Geocaches around here that it's difficult to find one within the guidelines of not being closer than .2 miles from another Geocache. And, I had some guidelines of my own to follow on this one.

Buster did not like the dark. So, I figured his cache must be in a well lit area.  And, in addition, I hoped to find a place out in the open where his spirit could feel free.  I also ordered a special geocoin for the cache and other swag to make it really special for the First to Find (FTF) and others.

A couple weeks ago, as I was driving in wider and wider circles when gas cost $3.49 a gallon, I did find a place that seemed to please Geocaching rules and myself.  You will see in the photos how we did it.

Tonight, hubby and I drove to the spot to get coordinates and see if our cache container would fit. Then I worked a couple hours getting everything ready for the dropoff!

I was so tickled when it was "published' only about an hour later.

Here's honoring Buster.  You are not forgotten.

The cache and the swag



The bottom cover of a street light...A perfect spot!




And of course, A Lighthouse!




Another memorial close by...



...and bright clouds in the sky.

Love, Aunt Linda & Uncle Jim
Starcatcher55 & CatsEye55

Top of the Town



Geocachers meet up on the trail to find Top of the Town in Thornton, Colorado.
Marsh1944, Golden B's, and Starcatcher55
(Posted with permission)

When the new Geocache, Top of the Town, got published today it sounded like a neat cache with a view!  "Come to The Top of The Town and see the magnificent view looking in all four directions for miles and miles," the description by Geocacher BaldEagleMan said.
So geo-hubby and I jumped in the car to check it out. We might have been First to Find except we stopped for gas. As we pulled up to the coordinates on our GPS, we saw the beautiful Golden Retriever with her owners. "The Golden B's" who we've enjoyed meeting on the Goecaching trail before were just signing the log as First to Find.  We didn't mind. It's always great to see this Geocaching family! 

Here we are all happy and smiling for a picture on the 'trail'.

Mrs. Golden B's, Marsh1944, Starcatcher55, CatsEye55, and the Golden
Thank-you Mr. Golden B's for taking the photo

Happy Geocaching Trails,
Take Care on the Journey
~Linda AKA Starcatcher55